1929 in sports

1929 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

• NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (12–0–1)
• Rose Bowl (1928 season):
  • The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 8–7 over the California Golden Bears to share the college football national championship
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship
• 28 November – Ernie Nevers scores 6 rushing touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears

Association football

Ecuador

• Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28.

England

• The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 52 points, Leicester City 51, Aston Villa 50, Sunderland 47, Liverpool 46, Derby County 46
• FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Portsmouth at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

• National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 3–2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to Richmond 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123)
• Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership, beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.

Brownlow Medal

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Albert Collier (Collingwood)

Bandy

Sweden

• Championship final – IF Göta 5-1 Västerås SK

Baseball

• April 16 - New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms

World Series

• 8–14 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeat Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1929 World Series by 4 games to 1.

Basketball

ABL Championship

• Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4–0)

Europe

• Italian club Virtus Bologna, officially founded.

France

• Limoges CSP, was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on November 13.

Boxing

Events

• September — having successfully defended the World Light Heavyweight Championship this year against both Mickey Walker and James J. Braddock, Tommy Loughran relinquishes the title to fight as a heavyweight

Lineal world champions

• World Heavyweight Championship – vacant
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran → vacant
• World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
• World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee → Jackie Fields
• World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
• World Featherweight Championship – Andre Routis → Bat Battalino
• World Bantamweight Championship – vacant → "Panama" Al Brown
• World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football

Grey Cup

• 17th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 14–3 Regina Roughriders

Cricket

Events

• Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organises the England tour of Australia in the 1928–29 season. England retains The Ashes, winning the first four Tests against Australia and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory. But, ominously for England, a young batsman called Don Bradman makes his Test debut for Australia.

England

• County Championship – Nottinghamshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Oxfordshire
• Most runs – Frank Woolley 2804 @ 56.08 (HS 176)
• Most wickets – Tich Freeman 267 @ 18.27 (BB 10–131)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ted Bowley, K. S. Duleepsinhji, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt

Australia

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Don Bradman 1690 @ 93.88 (HS 340*)
• Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 71 @ 34.25 (BB 6–109)

India

• Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

• Currie Cup – Western Province

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana

Cycling

Tour de France

• Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
• World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
• World Pairs Champions – Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria)

Golf

Major tournaments

• British Open – Walter Hagen
• US Open – Bobby Jones
• USPGA Championship – Leo Diegel

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – Cyril Tolley
• US Amateur – Jimmy Johnston

Horse racing

England

• Champion Hurdle – Royal Falcon
• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
• Grand National – Gregalach
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Taj Mah
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mr Jinks
• The Derby – Trigo
• The Oaks – Pennycomequick
• St. Leger Stakes – Trigo

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Nightmarch

Canada

• King's Plate – Shorelint

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ortello

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Alike
• Irish Derby Stakes – Kopi

US

• Kentucky Derby – Clyde Van Dusen
• Preakness Stakes – Dr. Freeland
• Belmont Stakes – Blue Larkspur

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

• 28–29 March — Boston Bruins defeats New York Rangers by 2 games to 0 in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals

Lacrosse

Events

• The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).

Motorsport

Main articles: 1929 in motorsport and List of 1929 motorsport champions

Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

• 4th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 are held at Zakopane, Poland

Rowing

The Boat Race

• 23 March — Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

• The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

England

• Championship – Huddersfield
• Challenge Cup final – Wigan 13–2 Dewsbury at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
• Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
• Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
• Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 5–4 Widnes
• Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds 5–0 Featherstone Rovers

Australia

• NSW Premiership – South Sydney 30–10 Newtown (grand final)

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

• 42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

Snooker

World Championship

• 3rd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 19–14

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Colin Gregory (Great Britain) defeats Richard Schlesinger (Australia) 6–2 6–2 5–7 7–5
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Louise Bickerton (Australia) 6–1 5–7 6–2

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–3 6–4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Helen Jacobs (US) 6–1 6–2

France

• French Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–3 2–6 6–0 2–6 8–6
• French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–3 6–4

US

• American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (US) defeats Francis Hunter (US) 3–6 6–3 4–6 6–2 6–4
• American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (Great Britain) 6–4 6–2

Davis Cup

• 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – France 3–2 United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France